diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3d3539e21..d681f11ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ MANUALS = $(EXECUTABLES:=.1)
 
 DOCUMENTATION = LICENSE README.md
 
-VERSION = $(shell git describe --always --dirty 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.7-git")
+VERSION = 0.8
 
 CONFIG_HELP ?= 1
 CONFIG_CURSES ?= 1
diff --git a/doc/Doxyfile b/doc/Doxyfile
index 29dda2996..32e945954 100644
--- a/doc/Doxyfile
+++ b/doc/Doxyfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = "Vis Editor"
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.7
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = 0.8
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewer a
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 74f4a6f93..22bfa4252 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.7'
+version = '0.8'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.7'
+release = '0.8'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.